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Hainault Forest Website Rare Breeds Farm and Zoo |
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HOME PAGE PHOTO INDEX AQUATIC MINIBEASTS BUTTERFLIES DOG BREEDS DRAGONFLIES LEAF MINES MAMMALS MINIBEASTS MOTHS |
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Herbie and Zephyr welcome you to Foxburrows to meet some new arrivals, like these two calves who will stay with us for a while. |
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| .....and here are the Toggenberg and Nubian goats....... | ||
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| and all the regulars........... | ||
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| The GOLDEN GUERNSEY goat is a rare breed. Syrian in origin, the modern stock have been bred from a small herd discovered in the Channel Island of Guernsey in the 1920's. |
WEST AFRICAN PYGMY goat. Photo: S.Sawhney |
WEST AFRICAN PYGMY goats. Photo: Nicole Khan |
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| TORDDU or Badger face. A Welsh mountain breed. Torddu means black belly. The black starts under the chin and continues under the belly to the end of the tail. The black eye stripes give it a badger appearance. | TORDDU or Badger Face sheep. The tail in this breed is long. Second from left is a Poll Dorset sheep for comparison. |
TORDDU or Badger Face sheep. This is the ram lamb at 4 months. Only the ram has horns in this breed. |
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JACOB SHEEP. The two ewes are new arrivals at the farm. They were born in January 2004. Jacob sheep have been known from Biblical times, reaching Britain in the 18th century as parkland animals. Both sexes have horns. |
SOAY SHEEP are a hardy primitive breed of sheep. Feral herds roam on St. Kilda in the Outer Hebrides, | NORFOLK HORN SHEEP were farmed in the forest prior to 1851 possibly on Lawn Farm, a farm which was cut in the woodland behind Hainault Lodge. |
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| DONKEYS Zephyr and Herbie are geldings. The Donkey or Ass came to Britain with the Romans. The name Donkey was coined in the 18th century and may refer to its dun colour. | DEXTER cows arrived in the UK from Ireland in 1882 originating in the South West where their ancestors were the ancient black Celtic cattle. They are Britain's smallest breed and thrive in poor grazing areas and harsh weather conditions. | |
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| Dolly the Brindled HIGHLAND heifer. Highland cattle originate in Scotland being a cross between a Highland race and a primitive Island race |
Dolly the HIGHLAND heifer The coat is flecked with black hairs which is termed "Brindled" |
Bambi the HIGHLAND bullock. Highland cattle are hardy, and can withstand harsh weather conditions. The thick winter coat is replaced in the summer by a coat of fine hair. |
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Paxo the turkey. He is an AMERICAN BRONZE TURKEY. |
Gregory the CHINESE gander. Chinese geese were originally bred from wild Swan geese and have been domesticated for 3000 years. | Gregory with daughter left, and two hybrids. |
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| TAMWORTH sows enjoying the sun. They do not suffer sunburn and are exported to S.E.Asia, Australia and N.America. Their wild boar ancestry shows in their long snout which is good for digging. |
TAMWORTH sow |
DWARF LOP Rabbit |
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LITTLE OWL |
BARN OWL Injured KESTREL (right) |
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9.00 am daily Closing at 5.00pm 1st April - 30th September or at 3.00pm 1st October - 31st March
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